by amelia b



B. COHEN, DECD.

A. B. COHEN. ADMINISTRATRIX.

FUR BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV 6, 1920.

1,364,718. Patented Jan. 4,1921..

mu! m WNW W 1!! UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BERNARD COHEN, DECEASED, LATE OF NEW YORK, N. Y., BY AMELIA B. COHEN, ADMINISTRATRIX, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FUR BUTTON.

Application filed November 6, 1920.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMELIA B. COHEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, Richmond Hill,

borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, administratrix of the estate of Bernard Cohen, deceased, late a citizen of the United States and late a resi dent of the city of New York, Richmond Hill, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, who did in his lifetime invent a new and Improved Fur Button, do declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of said invention.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved fur button of an imitation seal fur, and arranged to provide a desired uniform fullness the same as is found in real seal buttons, and to insure long wear without danger of the button being rubbed threadbare by use.

In order to accomplish the desired result, use is made of a fur covering having its skin gathered to a common center and having an annular marginal flange and a core over which the said fur covering is stretched with the skin next tothecore and the marginal flange extending over the outer edge of the core to the under side or back thereof.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the fur button;

Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the strip of fur used for making a fur covering;

Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same;

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the strip of fur with the binding attached thereto;

F ig. 6 is a face view of the strip of fur and its binding formed into cylindrical shape with the edges of the strip and binding sewed together;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the covering inverted; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the core.

The fur button in its general construction consists of a fur covering 10, a ring-shaped core 11, a binding 12 on the inner edge of the covering 10, and an attaching tape 13 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 4., 1921.

Serial No. 422,346.

fastened to the covering 10 and serving to fasten the button to a garment. The covering 10 is formed from a strip of fur cut out of a whole skin in a transverse direction so that the fur extends in the direction of the width of the strip and the'fur projects beyond one side of the said strip, as indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. To the side of the strip of fur from which the hairprojects is secured by strips or other means one edge of a piece of tape to form the binding 12 for the covering, the tape being approximately of a width corresponding to the length of the fur projecting beyond the corresponding side of the strip of fur, as plainly indicated in Fig. The strip of fur with the tape attached thereto is now given a cylindrical shape and the edges are fastened together by stitches, as plainly shown in Fig. 6. The side of the strip of fur opposite the one having the binding 12 is now gathered to form plaits or gatherings extending toward a common center, as plainly indicated in Fig. 7, and to the central portion is secured by stitches or other means the middle portion of a doubledup tape to provide the attaching means 13 for fastening the button to the garment. The covering produced and shown in Fig. 7 is now stretched over the core 11 with the skin of the covering next to the core. The core 11 is preferably made of wood and ringshaped and rounded off to an approximately semicircular shape with a flat back. It is understood that in gathering the strip of fur, as above described, it is necessary to moisten the skin of the strip and when stretching the covering over the core 11 the skin is also moistened so that the covering fits over the core 11 and over the edge thereof and onto the fiat back together with the binding 12 which also extends over the fiat back of the core. The inner edge of the binding is now gathered to a common center which coincides with the center of the covering 10, and through this central portion of the tape 12 extends the attaching tape 13, which latter may also be secured by stitches to the tape 12 and the latter may be sewed by stitches to the skin of the covering to firmly unite the several parts with each other at the back of the button. It is understood that when the moistened skin dries and shrinks it extends very tightly over the core 11 around the outer edge thereof and onto the back of the core so that the hairs extend in different directions thereby giving a desired uniform fullness to the button, practically the same as is found in real seal buttons. It will also be seen that a button constructed in the manner described is exceed ingly strong and durable and insures long wear without danger of the button being rubbed threadbare by use.

In practice, the buttons are made of a covering of what is known in the trade as Hudson seal (muskrat dyed like seal), but the invention is not limited to this particular fur as skins from other fur bearing animals may be used.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a fur button, comprising a fur covering formed of a fur strip having its ends secured together and one of its edges gathered to a common point, and a core over which the fur covering is stretched with the skin side next to the core, said covering extending over the top, around the edges and onto the under side of the core.

2. As an article of manufacture, a fur coverin having its skin gathered to a common center and having an annular marginal flange, a binding attached to the free edge of the said covering and extending therefrom inwardly, and a core over which the said covering is stretched with the skin next to the core and the marginal flange extending over the outer edge of the core onto the back t iereof, the said binding overlying the under side of the core and being gathered toward a common center coinciding with the center of the covering.

3. As an article of manufacture, a fur button, comprising a fur covering formed of a strip of fur having the ends fastened together and having one edge gathered to a common center, a binding on the other edge,

and a core over which the covering is stretched with the free edge of the binding gathered on the under side of the core.

in As an article of manufacture, a fur button comprising a fur covering having its skin gathered to a common center and havan annular marginal flange, a binding attached to the free edge of the said covering and extending therefrom inwardly, a core over which the said covering is stretched with the skin next to the core and the marginal flange extending over the outer edge of the core onto the back thereof, the said binding overlying the under side of the core and. being gathered toward a common center coinciding with the center of the covering, and an attaching means secured to the central portion of the skin of the fur covering and extending centrally through the core and through the central portion of the binding.

5. A fur covering for fur buttons formed of a strip of fur having the ends fastened together to form a ringshaped body having one end gathered with the gatherings e3:- tending radially toward a common central point.

6. A fur covering for fur buttons formed of a strip of fur having the ends fastened together and one edge gathered, with the gatherings extending radially toward a common central point, and a binding tape at tached to the other edge of the covering.

7. A fur covering for buttons formed of a strip of fur provided with a binding at one longitudinal edge and having its ends secured together and the edge opposite that having the binding gathered to a common center, and a tape secured to the center of the gathered portion.

AMELIA B. COHEN, Adm im'stratm'm 0f the estate of Bernard 00km, deceased. 

